Sheaf-carrier for binders.



J. G. PILLOW.

SHEA]? GARRIER FOE BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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OFFICE.

JAMES GID PILLOW, OF COLEMAN, TEXAS.

SHEAF-GABRIEB FOR BINDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed October 13, 1908. Serial No. 457,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns Gin PILLOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coleman, in the county of Coleman and State of Texas, have invented new and useful improvements in sheaf-Carriers for Binders, of which the following is a specification.

flhis invention relates to sheaf carriers for binders, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this character having means whereby any number of sheaves may be gathered upon the arms of the carrier without danger of the sheaves being dumped or dislodged from the arms ex cept through the movement of a locking lever sustained upon the frame of a harvester in close proximity to the driver or operator thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sheaf carrier having means whereby the arms are automatically returned to their normal position after the sheaves have been dropped.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a sheaf carrier having its arms connected with a shaft provided with an offset engaging a spring pressed rod and a second offset connected with the offset of a second arm, the second arm being connected with a locking lever, the offset members of the shafts being connected with a removable member which when released disconnects the second shaft and the locking lever and allows the arms to be retained in normal position through the medium of the spring, the spring being provided with a tension device whereby, when a certain amount of sheaves are positioned upon thearms the shaft to which the arms are connected will rotate and drop the bundle of sheaves and the arms through the medium of the spring will be returned to nor mal position.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description progresses the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing there has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the device, but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise embodiment therein exhibited as minor details, within the scope of the invention, may be resorted to-without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of device constructed in accordance with the present lnvention and illustrating the same In applied position upon a portion. of a binder. llig. 2 is a sectional view upon the line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 31s a detail perspective view of the locking lever and guard therefor.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates a portion of the frame of an ordinary grain binder to which is attached the seat support 2.

The numeral 3 designates a longitudinally extending rectangular frame connected in any suitable manner to the main frame 1. The auxiliary frame 3 has its ends 4 elevated from its side bars and these ends are provided with suitable bearings adapted for the reception of a rock shaft 5. The shaft 5, between the ends 4 of the auxiliary frame is provided with a plurality of sheaf receiving arms 6, and these arms are retained in spaced relation with each other through the medium of .a bracket member 7 which has its side arms provided with suitable openings whereby it is positioned upon the shaft 5 while its longitudinal arm is provided with a plurality of smaller openings, each of which being adapted for the reception of one of the arms 6.

Positioned in any suitable manner upon the frame 1 and in parallel relation to the arms 6 is a cylinder 8 which has its bore adjacent its outer face threaded for a suitable distance for the reception of a threaded plug 9. This plug 9 has its outer face provided with a squared extension 10 which. is adapted to serve as a wrench hold for moving the plug within the cylinder, while secured to the inner face of the plug and extending within the bore of the cylinder is a helical tension spring 11. Secured to the outermost convolution of this spring 11 is a nut 12 which is provided with a central threaded aperture adapted for engagement with the threaded end of a rod 13. This rod 13 has its outer end bifurcated to provide ears 14,

and the rod is regulated in regard to its engagement with the washer 12 by a suitable lock nut 15.

The rock shaft 5 adjacent the inner end wall of the auxiliary frame is provided with an offset arm 16 which is adapted to aline with the center of the cylinder 8 and to be engaged by the bifurcated extension 14 of the shaft 13. By this arrangement it will be noted that the rock shaft 5 carrying the arms 6 may be readily sustained in elevated posi-- tion through the medium of the tension spring 11, and that the spring may be adjusted to any desired tension through the medium of the threaded plug 10 so that the arms 6 will sustain sheaves of any predetermined weight.

The upward movement of the rock shaft and arms 6 is stopped at a desired point through the medium of an offset pin 17 provided upon the shaft 5 contacting a similar offset pin 18 provided upon the inner end 4 of the frame 3. The shaft 5 is continued a suitable distance beyond the arm 16 and has its end offset to provide the right angular arm 19. Positioned in suitable brackets upon the main frame 1 is a second rock shaft 20; This shaft has its ends provided with offset arms 21 and 22. The arm 21 is adapted to be connected with the arm 19 through the medium of a removable member 23, and the arm 22 is adapted to be engaged by the bifurcated extension of a rod 24. This rod 24 is arranged parallel with the seat support 2 and has. its opposite end connected with the bifurcated portion 25 of a locking lever 26. This lock ing lever 26 is positioned in close proximity with the seat of the binder so that the same may be readily operated by the foot of the driver. The locking lever 26 is pivotally connected as at 27 to one end of a guard 28 and this guard is secured to the seat support 2 in any desired manner. By reference to Fig. 3 of the drawing it will be noted that the guard 28 has its upper edge provided with an offset or flange 29, and that the locking lever 26 has its end opposite to that of its pivotal connection with the guard provided with a tongue 30 which is adapted to lie normally under and to contact with the offset 29 of the guard.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be noted that any number of sheaves or bundles may be placed upon the arms 6 without danger of the arms swinging to dislodge the same, it being understood that as pressure is brought to bear upon the arms 6 the offset arms provided by the shafts 5 and 20 will exert pressure upon the rod 24 which being connected with a portion of the locking lever below its point of pivot with the guard have a tendency to force the finger 30 tightly into engagement with the offset portion 29 of the guard, and that it is only when pressure is applied to the end of the lever 26 that the rod 24 will cause the shafts 20 and 5 to rotate and tilt the arms 6. As pressure upon the locking lever 26 is released the arms 6 will be returned to their normal position through the medium of the spring 1 1 contained within the casing 8.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a binder frame, a shaft arranged transversely of the frame, arms upon the shaft, an oflset upon the shaft, a rod connected with the offset, a tension device connected with the rod, means for rotating the shaft, said means comprising a link connected therewith and a locking lever connected with the link, said locking lever comprising a flattened body portion having an offset and being provided with inclined contacted by the offset provided upon the body of the locking lever, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the main frame of a grain binder, of an auxiliary frame at tached thereto, a shaft upon the auxiliary frame, arms upon the shaft, right angularly disposed offsets upon the shaft, a casing upon the main frame in parallel relation with the arms, a tension device within the casing, means for regulating the tension device, a rod connected with the tension device and having one of its ends connected with one of the offsets of the shaft, a shaft for the main frame having right angular offsets, one of the offsets removably connected with an offset upon the other shaft, a rod connected with the other offset on the main frame shaft and extending at right angles to the shaft, a locking lever having a downwardly extending bifurcated portion connected with the rod, a guard member secured to the frame and adapted to contact one end of the locking lever, and a pivoted connection between the locking lever and the guard.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES GID PILLOW. Witnesses D. W. WATSON, J. P. WYLIE. 

